Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 12hThe EHRC chair waffling on about trans people in the times? It’s like being back in 2025 all over again 🚬 2130
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Whatever party you may support, or none, this is a sad day for progressive politics and the effects of it will be felt across politics and policy as the threat of a left challenger on social justice issues will dissipate due to toxicity 1304
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Some cursed predictions: Assuming the Green Party’s Zionism is racism motion passes as is, there will end up being an EHRC investigation into the party and questions over whether it’s engaged in indirect discrimination. Because of the particular context of the EHRC currently, the party will dig in 3383
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So at Green conference at least one ‘softening’ amendment has failed and at least one enabling amendment (deleting old policies that contradict with ZiR) has passed Really suggests the ZiR motion itself is going to pass doesn’t it 360
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a good and important read and it really echoes a lot of worries I have about the information environment, doomerism and misinformation in the UK trans community context too 2144
Reposted by AstridTrans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today is Andy Burnham’s first party conference speech as PM. We’ve taken your messages from the mass lobby on tour to Labour conference in Liverpool, with our friends at @transactualuk.bsky.social and @scottishtrans.bsky.social We aren’t going anywhere. 7613172
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They did what www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/armagh/...belfasttelegraph.co.ukProtesters begin blocking Garvaghy Road as appeal court judges overturn ban on Sunday’s Drumcree paradeSinn Fein’s leadership hit out at ‘disgraceful’ ruling 150
Reposted by AstridHelen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Being trans in Britain in 2026: totally relatable... www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...theguardian.comBeing trans in Britain in 2026 – podcastFrom hospital wards to bathrooms, where is a transgender person supposed to go after the latest equalities guidance? 041
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Fascinated by the Green focus on ‘Zack won’t have a whip telling him what to say’ line, did it test amazingly or something? Doesn’t intuitively seem like something that would cut through on the doorstep compared to ‘fed up of the Labour govt? Send them a message they need to do better’ for eg 310
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Swing and a miss from Green Party comms giving their default ‘we want to distance ourselves from conference motions’ comment here web.archive.org/web/20260921... 0102
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I used to have some legalist tendencies (derogatory) but the idea that any uk court decision is ‘unassailable’ is wild 2294
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I would also like to talk to you because: kinda iconic 120
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Sorry the lesson you want to learn from Algeria is *what* 020
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026a man in the street just interrupted me to ask for my number while I walked past *on the phone, holding it to my ear* talking about statutory instruments men 020
Reposted by AstridTrans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NHS Wales’ Joint Commissioning Committee said it had to suddenly stop trans surgeries for an urgent investigation. Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet. Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...transactual.org.ukTake Action to Restore Access to Gender‑Affirming Surgeries in Wales – TransActual 113056
Reposted by AstridTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“When we were being stolen from our parents and experienced genocide in Indian Residential Schools, we wondered, ‘Who are the people that will help us?’ Today, we are those people. Today we offer our help, support, and jurisdiction to override these dehumanizing laws.” 1962372
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“George Galloway has signalled his intention to come out of self-imposed exile in Russia” 1143
Reposted by AstridColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Months of work on FWS & the problem of making it fit with NI law alongside @sylviademars.me and @aoifemod.bsky.social is finally ready to see daylight. Short answer, it doesn't fit. Yes, the situation is so serious that it warranted the Mean Girls quote in the title. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com'She Doesn't Even Go Here!': For Women Scotland and Northern Ireland LawThe UK Supreme Court's For Women Scotland (FWS) decision has caused considerable and controversial impact upon equality law's protections for trans people in Gr 321945
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026To combat the problem we have I think we need to understand the shape of it: Govt want trans rights to go away quietly as an issue because of political calculus. Campaigns, protests, whatever tactic you prefer personally - are all important in changing the political cost. They aren’t going… 2130
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Somehow the only photo I actually had a chance to take inside the mass lobby yesterday was this jaunty picture of the Westminster Hall ceiling? So… enjoy I guess 6411
Reposted by AstridPublic Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thoughts on presenting unwelcome advice, prompted in part by the new AG Legal Risk Guidance. Of possible interest to @bymyong.bsky.social @ukcivilservant.bsky.social @jembenson.bsky.social @carlgardner.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @sirjjkc.bsky.social. substack.com/@publicsecto...substack.com“No one likes being told they’re breaking the law.”What if the arguments against look so weak that it’s difficult to conclude otherwise? 174
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is absolutely outrageous that local authorities seem an awful lot like they’re now playing politics with those trying to save lives at sea A sad result of allowing hate mobs to roam the streets www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 060
Reposted by AstridEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 06/09/2026They've left the sea, and several hundred more have broken through police lines. Mob now surrounding and yelling at coaches carrying asylum seekers, while police try (with mixed success) to block signal for Thomas's livestream. 228055
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026weather forecast checked? ✅ good coffee identified? ✅ comfortable shoes ready? ✅ 350
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026many are reading too much into the s4l case that isn’t there. suspension clearly relates to risks arising from controversial comments made around her election that got media pickup those claiming otherwise either lack media literacy or are using trans rights as a figleaf to hit back on other issues 5141
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Just realised I used ‘that’s not to say’ twice in one tweet so if anyone needs me I’m going to be committing copywriting harakiri 020
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026think the rumbling growth of this story is good evidence you can’t have your political comms cake and eat it too without getting eaten yourself www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGreen Party deputy leader Mothin Ali linked to property lets in LeedsMothin Ali, is linked to two rental properties via his company, but does not appear to profit from them. 160
Reposted by AstridTamar but spooky @heartinamber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I don't think the answer to lawfare designed to push trans people out of every institution can be to go 'well fuck you, I didn't want to be in this institution anyway' every single damn time 1495
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 04/09/2026the canary continues to disgrace itself with this headline jfc 070
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Organising - why bother? Lots of despair from trans folks on the tl and other places of late. Things are horrible and scary. I also think we’re doing brilliantly at fighting back given the asymmetry of arms at play. We are so deep in a pit at the moment in terms of trans rights in the UK. 36814
Reposted by AstridTrans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🏳️⚧️ How does a mass lobby work? 👉 MP got back to you with a slot? Turn up ~45 minutes before with a copy of the email and show parliamentary staff 👉 MP leaving you on read? Turn up anyway, join the queue outside and submit a ‘green card’ Read more: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...transsolidarityalliance.comMass Lobby 2026 Useful Info | TSA 43923
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Since others have outed themselves similarly I’ll say I also am one of the volunteers working on next week’s parliamentary lobby! So come see @jessothomson.co.uk @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social and I and other tiny people in your phone who have chosen not to post about it 3305
Reposted by AstridAlice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Well worth a read- a really good summary of how procedures and government attitudes (of whoever is in government) interact to limit effective Commons scrutiny 074
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Normal people around the country about to go ‘wait he’s not already an MP?’ 000
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 01/09/2026*takes a drag on cigarette* Now this, this is a Lib Dem policy 160
Reposted by AstridHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 01/09/2026A liberal is a conservative who just got mugged by the police 702868593
